Exit Realty agent and MTAR President Richard Lewis, locks up a house on Church Street in Murfreesboro after showing it to a couple, Wednesday Jan. 15, 2014.

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Middle Tennessee is one of the best places to spend your real estate dollars, according to Forbes magazine.

The Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan statistical area ranked fourth on the national financial magazine's "Best Buy Cities" for 2014.

The list, which was topped by Forth Worth-Arlington, Texas, was dominated by the Sunbelt with cities in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida and Nevada making the top 10 best real estate investment cities. ...